2018-7-18 16:19 |
Crypto exchange and wallet Coinbase has retracted its previous statement that it received approval from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to trade in securities, Bloomberg reports July 18.
Last week, Coinbase reported that it could now operate as a broker dealer, offering digital tokens considered to be securities, after its acquisition last month of Keystone Capital Corp., Venovate Marketplace Inc., and Digital Wealth LLC.
As reported at the time, the acquisition occurred with the blessing of two regulators: the SEC and Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA).
Coinbase has since reversed its statement, telling Bloomberg it had not in fact received any such regulatory endorsement.
Horowitz wrote that Coinbase’s communication with the SEC had instead been of an “informal” nature, noting “The SEC’s approval is not required for the change of control application.